The 1945 GI World Series in Hitler's Nuremberg Stadium: Baseball's 'Double Victory' Against Segregation at Home and Abro
The following research was first presented at the National Baseball Hall of Fame by Emmy-nominated labor reporter Mike Elk as part of the 36th annual Symposium on Baseball and American Culture. It is the result of more than two years of work.
The 1945 GI World Series in Hitler’s Nuremberg Stadium: Baseball’s ‘Double Victory’ Against Segregation at Home and Abroad
By Mike Elk & Phil Moon
On March 7th 1995, Leon Day was lying in hospice care at St. Agnes hospital in Baltimore when he called his wife to tell her that he had finally been elected to the Hall of Fame for his excellence as a Negro League player.
“I said, ‘Leon you are not in, not yet,’” said his widow Gerladine Day.
She told him that the Veterans Committee of the Hall of Fame wasn’t announcing the results for another several hours.
Slowly, Day, who was heavily medicated, began to realize that he had dreamed his entire induction ceremony.
A few hours later the Baseball Hall of Fame did call Day to tell him that he had been inducted into the Hall of Fame, despite never playing in the Major Leagues.
For decades, Monte Irvin had argued that Day deserved a place in the Hall of Fame.
“Leon was as good as Satchel Paige, as good as any pitcher who ever lived, but he never made any noise,” said Monte Irvin, a fellow Normandy and teammate of Day's on the Newark Eagles.
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